City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 25, 2013
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Final Status Report on Legislation Introduced in the 2013 General Assembly Session.
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ISSUE: Final status report on legislation introduced at the 2013 General Assembly Session.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council receive this report.
DISCUSSION: The 2013 General Assembly Session adjourned on Saturday, February 23. Of 1739 bills that were introduced, 813 passed. Seven hundred fourteen of the 835 resolutions that were introduced passed; resolutions are much more likely to succeed, since most of them commend individuals or organizations, or memorialize persons who have died.
The Governor has until March 25 to decide on recommendations he might have for amendments to bills (including the Budget) or vetoes. The General Assembly will return to Richmond on April 3 to consider any such recommendations from the Governor.
City Package. The following bills and budget amendments seek the enactment of proposals from the City's Legislative Package (Attachment 1 is a status report on City Package bills):
· The Governor’s proposal to end the Local Aid to the State program was incorporated into the final State budget. This was one of the City’s top priorities for the 2013 Session. The General Assembly’s action will save the City about a million dollars that otherwise would have gone to the State in FY 2014.
· All of the bills to allow school boards to set the opening day of school on the day they determine to be best for their school systems were defeated, as were the proposals to provide a new procedure for the restoration of civil rights for persons who have been convicted of nonviolent felonies, but completed their sentence, probation, and parole.
· None of the bills that would have allowed unr...
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